Ash Lea School

State-Funded School

ash-lea-school-nottinghamshire-east-midlands

East MidlandsRegion

NottinghamshireLocal Authority

RushcliffeConstituency

NG12 3PAPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Ash Lea School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 3–18, located in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 104 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Sixth formprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White

75%

Asian

11%

Black

Mixed

10%

Any other group

Pupils

104

Total Pupils

57%Boys

43%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

39%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 3 – 18
Deprivation band: Least deprived
Total pupils: 104
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 26 February 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
18 Nov 2019	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.